Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB

Radiant; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical: comprehensive health benefits

Vision and Dental plans

8 weeks parental leave

Onsite lunch and snacks

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Radiant, an El Segundo, CA-based startup, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead full-stack PCB development for terrestrial reactor control systems, with potential space applications. You will own the hardware architecture, ensure low-noise, high-reliability PCBs, and drive bring-up from schematic to field deployment.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years designing multilayer PCB boards, strong signal and power integrity, and hands-on lab experience with test equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 5+ years designing custom PCBs, multilayer and mixed-signal boards.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium/Cadence).
• Strong signal and power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC mitigation experience.
• Analog/mixed-signal design, sensor interfaces, ADC/DAC integration, low-noise design.
• Familiarity with SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet and high-speed layout constraints.
• Hands-on bring-up, debugging and lab instrumentation experience.

Responsibilities

• Own design and development of multilayer PCBs for reactor control and instrumentation.
• Define electrical architecture for mixed-signal systems including power distribution.
• Design low-noise analog front-end circuits with ADC/DAC integration.
• Schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout focused on signal/power integrity.
• Develop high-speed layouts for sensor interfaces and data paths.
• Bring up, debug, validate hardware, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Create hardware validation plans for performance and environmental conditions.
• Collaborate with firmware, FPGA, DSP, and other engineers for system integration.

Skills

Multilayer PCB design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

High-speed interfaces

DFM/DFT collaboration

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Altium

Cadence

SPICE/Analog simulators

Job description

About Radiant

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world’s first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. The company’s first reactor, Kaleidos, is a 1-megawatt, fail-safe microreactor that can be transported anywhere power is needed and run for up to 5 years without refueling. Portable nuclear power with rapid-deploy capability can replace similar-sized diesel generators and provide critical asset support for hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases. Radiant’s unique, practical approach to nuclear development leverages modern software engineering to rapidly deliver safe, factory-built microreactors that use existing, well-qualified materials. Founded in 2020, Radiant is on track to test its first reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory this summer, with initial customer deliveries beginning in 2028.

About the Role

Radiant is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with a strong focus on full-stack PCB development, including mixed-signal design, high-speed interfaces, power distribution, and signal integrity, while supporting data acquisition, signal conditioning, estimation, and real-time processing functions critical to reactor control. To lead the electrical architecture for terrestrial reactor control systems, with a long-term path toward space reactor applications. You will serve as the technical authority for custom hardware, owning the design and development of high-reliability, low-noise printed circuit boards - from requirements definition and schematic capture through layout, bring-up, validation, and field deployment

Responsibilities and Duties

• Own the design and development of multilayer PCBs for reactor control and instrumentation systems (terrestrial, with future space applications).

• Define the electrical architecture for mixed-signal systems, including power distribution, analog front-ends, and digital control interfaces.

• Design low-noise analog front-end circuits and ensure robust integration with ADC/DAC and digital subsystems.

• Perform schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout with a focus on signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC mitigation.

• Develop and review high-speed and precision layouts (e.g., sensor interfaces, data acquisition paths, communication buses).

• Bring up, debug, and validate hardware, including board-level testing, instrumentation, and root-cause analysis.

• Create and execute hardware validation and qualification test plans for performance, reliability, and environmental conditions.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware, FPGA, DSP, and responsible engineers to ensure seamless hardware/software integration.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience designing custom PCBs, including multilayer and mixed-signal boards.

• Strong experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence, or similar).

• Solid understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, grounding strategies, and EMI/EMC mitigation techniques.

• Experience with analog and mixed-signal design, including sensor interfaces, ADC/DAC integration, and low-noise design practices.

• Familiarity with high-speed interfaces (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet) and layout constraints.

• Hands‑on experience with board bring‑up, debugging, and lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, etc.).

• Ability to work across disciplines and support system integration in a complex engineering environment.

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• Experience designing for high-reliability or harsh environments (nuclear, aerospace, defense, or industrial).

• Familiarity with radiation effects and radiation-tolerant electronics design.

• Experience with power electronics or power distribution design.

• Exposure to FPGA or embedded systems to support hardware/software co-design.

• Familiarity with nuclear instrumentation or detector interface electronics.

• Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM), design for test (DFT), and production bring‑up.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish our mission

• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ

Benefits and Perks

• Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full‑time employees.

• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.

• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.

• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.

• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents.

• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.

• 8‑weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.

• Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.

• Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.

• Company and team‑bonding events, happy hours and in‑person camaraderie.

• Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean.

Total Compensation and BenefitsRadiant compensates people for impact and invests in those who continue to raise the bar. Radiant’s new hire compensation package includes base salary, substantial equity grants, and comprehensive health benefits. Total compensation and level are determined through a rigorous evaluation of interview performance, experience, education, and qualifications, and are designed to support continued growth as scope, responsibility, and impact expand at Radiant.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.